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more work in progress - Tempest, Sea Fury and shenjang FT-6
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more work in progress - Tempest, Sea Fury and shenjang FT-6
Guest Sun Oct 03, 2010 10:06 pm
Eduard 1/48th Tempest
Trumpeter Sea Fury 1/48th
Trumpeter Shenjang FT-6
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Ray Mon Oct 04, 2010 1:23 pm
The engine ALL REVVED up as usual JF.......always an INSPIRATION to see your grey assembly line taking colour 
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jojjemannen Mon Oct 04, 2010 2:47 pm
Ray wrote:The engine ALL REVVED up as usual JF.......always an INSPIRATION to see your grey assembly line taking colour
Can't do more then agree with you Ray..
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next is going to be a good solid gloss coat and onto decals.
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Ray Sun Oct 10, 2010 6:43 pm
Looks GREAT JF.....nothing UNUSUAL I guess and yes the WOW factor runs very high on this one as well
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Guest Sun Oct 10, 2010 6:59 pm
thanks for the WOW 
just a small update
just a small update
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bcauchi Sun Oct 10, 2010 7:05 pm
Prosit, brilliant neat job once again. Your finish is impeccable as usual.
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Noel Petroni Sun Oct 10, 2010 8:25 pm
Very neat paint job! Well done!
Do the black & white lines on the bottom of the wings mean that this plane is in a Normandy invasion setting?
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Do the black & white lines on the bottom of the wings mean that this plane is in a Normandy invasion setting?
Regards
Noel
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Guest Sun Oct 10, 2010 8:46 pm
Noel Petroni wrote:Very neat paint job! Well done!
Do the black & white lines on the bottom of the wings mean that this plane is in a Normandy invasion setting?
Regards
Noel
Thanks. Re the black/white lines, they have nothing to do with the normandy landings, although they are similar in appearance, the black portions are actually narrower than the white. Normandy Stripes where usually roughly applied and more or less of equal size, to the wings tops/ bottom, fuselage in various combinations. The stripes on this particular Tempest were actually initially applied to Typhoons as recognition markings for anti-aircraft gunners, the typhoon was being mistaken for a Fw190. In retrospect, I think a should have made the white portions a tad wider.
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skyhigh Sun Oct 10, 2010 10:05 pm
Beautifull work as always JF ..and yes I say WOW for the incridible finish... 
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Scirocco Mon Oct 11, 2010 8:56 pm
Joseph,
Are you sure that the Sea Fury undercarriage bays were sky in colour? Trumpeter says that they are silver, but the photos I found seems to suggest more that they were sky, and that's what I was going to finish them in also. Sea furies in musuems also tend towards a sky finish but I do not trust these as there are several aircraft in museums that are painted incorrectly!
By the way, I cannot but add to praise your work, and the varied choice of subjects as well! I wish they scale down that Shenyang to 72nd some day.
Regards,
Gordon.
Are you sure that the Sea Fury undercarriage bays were sky in colour? Trumpeter says that they are silver, but the photos I found seems to suggest more that they were sky, and that's what I was going to finish them in also. Sea furies in musuems also tend towards a sky finish but I do not trust these as there are several aircraft in museums that are painted incorrectly!
By the way, I cannot but add to praise your work, and the varied choice of subjects as well! I wish they scale down that Shenyang to 72nd some day.
Regards,
Gordon.
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Scirocco wrote:Joseph,
Are you sure that the Sea Fury undercarriage bays were sky in colour? Trumpeter says that they are silver, but the photos I found seems to suggest more that they were sky, and that's what I was going to finish them in also. Sea furies in musuems also tend towards a sky finish but I do not trust these as there are several aircraft in museums that are painted incorrectly!
By the way, I cannot but add to praise your work, and the varied choice of subjects as well! I wish they scale down that Shenyang to 72nd some day.
Regards,
Gordon.
thanks for the comment. From the pictures I have seen, the wheel well/doors look to have been the underside color (sky), with the wheel hub/leg in aluminium. Other fleet air arm fighters of the same era, namely the wyvern and seahawk, according to the reference I came across had the wheel wells/door painted in sky with wheel hubs/leg in aluminium. In this case I went by an educated guess using the pictures avaliable and from what was used on other aircraft of the era, including hawker aircraft.
p.s. - searching the web did not provide a complete confirmation about the sea fury wheel bay color, as the stated colors range from bare metal, to zinc chromate yellow and underside color (sky).
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skyhigh Tue Oct 12, 2010 9:45 pm
Scirocco wrote:Joseph,
Are you sure that the Sea Fury undercarriage bays were sky in colour? Trumpeter says that they are silver, but the photos I found seems to suggest more that they were sky, and that's what I was going to finish them in also. Sea furies in musuems also tend towards a sky finish but I do not trust these as there are several aircraft in museums that are painted incorrectly!
By the way, I cannot but add to praise your work, and the varied choice of subjects as well! I wish they scale down that Shenyang to 72nd some day.
Regards,
Gordon.
This may be a post war pic and not a restored aircraft, and the door looks green with aluminum hubs...
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alexbb Wed Oct 13, 2010 10:41 am
skyhigh wrote:Scirocco wrote:Joseph,
Are you sure that the Sea Fury undercarriage bays were sky in colour? Trumpeter says that they are silver, but the photos I found seems to suggest more that they were sky, and that's what I was going to finish them in also. Sea furies in musuems also tend towards a sky finish but I do not trust these as there are several aircraft in museums that are painted incorrectly!
By the way, I cannot but add to praise your work, and the varied choice of subjects as well! I wish they scale down that Shenyang to 72nd some day.
Regards,
Gordon.
This may be a post war pic and not a restored aircraft, and the door looks green with aluminum hubs...
the picture is from the 60"s+ onwards THERES A WHITE MINI IN THE BACKGROUND I WONDER HOW YOU MISSED THAT
BTW joseph you never cease to amaze me
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Ray Wed Oct 13, 2010 11:57 am
alex wrote:skyhigh wrote:Scirocco wrote:Joseph,
Are you sure that the Sea Fury undercarriage bays were sky in colour? Trumpeter says that they are silver, but the photos I found seems to suggest more that they were sky, and that's what I was going to finish them in also. Sea furies in musuems also tend towards a sky finish but I do not trust these as there are several aircraft in museums that are painted incorrectly!
By the way, I cannot but add to praise your work, and the varied choice of subjects as well! I wish they scale down that Shenyang to 72nd some day.
Regards,
Gordon.
This may be a post war pic and not a restored aircraft, and the door looks green with aluminum hubs...
the picture is from the 60"s+ onwards THERES A WHITE MINI IN THE BACKGROUND I WONDER HOW YOU MISSED THAT
BTW joseph you never cease to amaze me
Marco what's happening to you
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